The silver-haired Targaryens are front and center, along with father-daughter duo Otto (Rhys Ifans) and Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), council member Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), the mysterious Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), who bests Matt Smith's mercurial Prince Daemon Targaryen in a brutal tournament, and Dameon's lover Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno).
While the Game of Thrones premiere introduced the Starks, Baratheons, Lannisters, and, yes, Targaryens, House of the Dragon's debut narrows its focus to a handful of major characters almost 200 years prior to the events of the original series. That might sound strange, considering the lavish scale of House of the Dragon is apparent from that opening scene in the crumbling halls of Harrenhal, but the first episode of HBO's new jewel-in-the-crown prequel series is an intriguingly intimate take on Westeros' most dysfunctional family.
How do you follow-up a pop culture juggernaut like Game of Thrones? The answer is simple: you go back to basics.
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